regulär

/[ʁeɡuˈlɛːɐ̯]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,698

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

regulär is anGermanadj. It means: den Regeln, Vorschriften oder einer Ordnung entsprechend Pronounced [ʁeɡuˈlɛːɐ̯]. Often confused with reguläre and regulären.

Key facts for regulär
PropertyValue
Headwordregulär
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ʁeɡuˈlɛːɐ̯]
Letters7
Frequency rank#17,698
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of regulär in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for regulär is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʁeɡuˈlɛːɐ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #17,698 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for regulär, with forms such as "ergulär", "reggulär", and "regluär". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "reguläre", "regulären", "regulärer", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is regulär, spelled R-E-G-U-L-Ä-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    den Regeln, Vorschriften oder einer Ordnung entsprechend
  2. 2
    den gewöhnlichen Umständen entsprechend
  3. 3
    eine Regelmäßigkeit besitzend

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ergulär,reggulär,regluär,regullär,regulrä,regulärr,reguälr,reuglär,rgeulär,rregulär

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for regulär

Misspelling Variants of "regulär"

ergulär7reggulär8regluär7regullär8regulrä7regulärr8reguälr7reuglär7
Misspelling Variants of "regulär"

Frequency rank: #17,698 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "regulär"?
"regulär" is spelled R-E-G-U-L-Ä-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁeɡuˈlɛːɐ̯].
What does "regulär" mean?
As an adj, "regulär" means: den Regeln, Vorschriften oder einer Ordnung entsprechend
What words are commonly confused with "regulär"?
"regulär" is commonly confused with "reguläre", "regulären", "regulärer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "regulär"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "regulär" is [ʁeɡuˈlɛːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "regulär" come from?
"regulär" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.